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Increasing the capacitance of a capacitive device by micromasking

US8295028B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 29, 2008
Grant dateOct 23, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D1/712
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Capacitive coupling devices and methods of fabricating a capacitive coupling device are disclosed. The coupling device could include a stack of layers forming electrodes and at least one insulator. The insulator could include a region of doped silicon. The silicon could be doped with a species selected from Ce, Cr, Co, Cu, Dy, Er, Eu, Ho, Ir, Li, Lu, Mn, Pr, Rb, Sm, Sr, Tb, Tm, Yb, Y, Ac, Am, Ba, Be, Cd, Gd, Fe, La, Pb, Ni, Ra, Sc, Th, Hf, Tl, Sn, Np, Rh, U, Zn, Ag, and Yb in relief and forming roughnesses relative to the neighboring regions of the same level in the stack. The electrodes and the insulator form conformal layers above the doped silicon region.

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